Demographic
This is the survey that collects demographic data that replaced the US long-form Decennial Census
American Community Survey (ACS)
Massachusetts:
% of People Who Speak a Language Other Than English at Home OR 1 in how many speak a language other than English at home
25.1% OR 1 in 4
This title of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 bars national-origin discrimination in federally funded programs, and no executive order can revoke it.
Title VI
As of summer 2026, S.2622, the redrafted Language Access and Inclusion bill, was sitting in this Senate committee.
Ways and Means.
List top 5 languages spoken in MA.
Spanish Portuguese Chinese Haitian French
x out of 50 residents in Massachusetts are foreign-born (as of 2024)
9
Under Census-based definitions, a person is counted as limited English proficient if they speak English less than?
"Very well"
In this unanimous 1974 Supreme Court case, Chinese-speaking students challenged the San Francisco school district.
Lau v. Nichols
After a 2005 agreement with the Justice Department, Boston began offering bilingual ballots in these two Asian languages.
Chinese and Vietnamese.
Language access also covers people who are deaf or hard of hearing. Name two services that provide it.
Sign language (ASL) interpreters and CART real-time captioning.
What question(s) is the Trump administration attempting to remove from the census?
Percentage of residents in Boston who speak a language other than English at home
36.7%
Under the Justice Department's July 2025 implementation guidance, this federal website of language access resources was suspended.
This Everett state senator led the 2017 LOOK bill and filed the current Language Access and Inclusion bill, S.2125.
Sal DiDiminico.
In its 2025 guidance, DOJ argued that Lau v. Nichols was overruled by this later Supreme Court case.